that. Sometimes they would hold up KKK or KKKKKKK signs, what's up? I even saw some minority folks doing it.
2007-11-12 20:27:36 · 11 answers · asked by R J 7 in Sports ➔ Baseball
i did not know the it was a caught strikeout thanks
Do you hold up a "M" for mustard, thanks
2007-11-14 13:52:31 · update #1
8 people, that's classic!
2007-11-14 13:53:31 · update #2
Didn't know that Jay thanks
2007-11-14 13:54:14 · update #3
Craig L that is another funny classic, story about Kirby, I went to rangers game late and in the top third. Texas ws ahead like 8-1 and I figured what a crummy game, but I saw Kirby catch a tough hit and also hit a homerun and Minn ended up winning like 15-14. never dull in those days with all the fire power of Dallas and terrible pitching.
2007-11-14 13:57:06 · update #4
Didn't know about the s thnig
2007-11-14 13:58:02 · update #5
great answers, that need to have most best answers also thanks
2007-11-14 13:59:24 · update #6
Jean what do you do if you want mayo and not mustard, do you turn it backwards?
2007-11-14 14:00:17 · update #7
eack k signifies a strikeout. If the k is backwards it was a caught looking strikeout. No racial implications.
2007-11-12 20:32:29 · answer #1 · answered by Minister of Truth 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
When keeping a scorecard, K is the symbol for a strikeout. Fans hold up K's sometimes in relation to how many strikeouts a pitcher has.
K = strikeout caught swinging
backwards K = Strikeout Caught looking
2007-11-13 12:36:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As stated its for a strike out. Its a K instead of a S because in the early days of scoring S stood for a single and well you can't use the same thing for two different actions. I believe it was Henry Chadwick that decided that a K would be for strike out.
2007-11-13 10:33:25 · answer #3 · answered by Shawn C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A k is a strikeout. When the pitcher gets a batter out without them hitting the ball. Multiple k's is multiple strikeouts.
2007-11-13 04:33:08 · answer #4 · answered by david 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Since I don't watch much baseball, I've never heard about that. Since the Padres always choke, baseball isn't very interesting.
2007-11-14 13:22:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a reference to Kirby Puckett, the late, great Minnesota Twins center fielder. People who hold up the K sign are indicating that Kirby Puckett was a better player than the one currently at bat. And the backwards K indicates that Puckett remains a better player than the player at bat, even though he's dead. I am frankly surprised at how few "K" signs are held up at games, given this tradition of the K sign...
2007-11-13 08:48:36 · answer #6 · answered by Craig L 1 · 0⤊ 6⤋
The K stands for a strike-out by the home team's pitcher. In many stadiums (maybe all, not sure about that though) the third K is always placed backwards to avoid the KKK thing.
2007-11-13 06:06:59 · answer #7 · answered by Jay 7 · 0⤊ 6⤋
I wouldn't be caught dead in a racist stadium like that!!
Be for real...
2007-11-13 11:20:44 · answer #8 · answered by tmlamora1 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You got to be kidding me!
2007-11-13 10:31:13 · answer #9 · answered by J Dub 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
that is how people let the hot dog vendors know that they want ketchup with their hotdogs. the k means ketchup, so if you see 8 k's hanging in one area, that is telling the vendors that 8 people in that section want hot dogs with ketchup on them.
2007-11-13 04:42:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 7⤋